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Winter Wanderland

10,000 Birds

I flew into Denver from Mexico. My hosts could confidently tick off the species on their life list. We got at least three sub-species but the highlight was a Wilson’s Snipe we flushed. I might have to add the Dallas airport staff to the list of things Buffon was right about. I am not a fan of American restaurants.

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Monterrey Meetings

10,000 Birds

Work brings me regularly to Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, northern Mexico. We met Marilyn and Leonardo at a non-descript fast-food joint’s parking lot and within 10 minutes we were in Parque Nacional La Estanzuela. The day was only minutes old and we already had 32 species on the day list. This was going to be epic.

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